Wondering how to use Droppings in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as dung or stool.
Droppings meaning
plural of dropping
Using Droppings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of dropping
- Useful related words include: dung, ordure, stool, bm.
- In the example corpus, droppings often appears in combinations such as: droppings and, their droppings, droppings were.
Context around Droppings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Droppings
- In this selection, "droppings" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rat, bird, mouse and produces stand out and add context to how "droppings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and animal droppings and bureaucratic equine droppings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "droppings" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with droppings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mouse droppings, much smaller than rat droppings, are relatively easy to identify. (12 words)
There’s no opportunity for passing birds or critters to leave droppings. (12 words)
Woodland Trust states that an otter has a sweet-smelling spraint (droppings) and a playful nature. (16 words)
It is also advising that dogs and other pets should be away from any dead or sick birds and that people should not feed wild waterfowl, and they should not touch wild bird feathers or surfaces contaminated with wild bird droppings. (41 words)
Cat said after reports that pigeon droppings were a contributing factor to an infection that led to a child's death in 2019 in Glasgow, she has been left fearful for her family's health. (35 words)
Facial treatments using the droppings, or guano, from Japanese nightingales have been used in Japan and elsewhere, reportedly because the guanine in the droppings produces a clear, "bright" skin tone citation that users desire. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mouse droppings, much smaller than rat droppings, are relatively easy to identify.
Facial treatments using the droppings, or guano, from Japanese nightingales have been used in Japan and elsewhere, reportedly because the guanine in the droppings produces a clear, "bright" skin tone citation that users desire.
As a long-term resident of the area and a regular user of the oval and surrounds, I can refute his claims to the occasional dog droppings.
A south-east Australian bat that was thought to mainly eat insects also sometimes consumes other bats, according to an analysis of its droppings.
But exposure to bedbug droppings can trigger asthmatic attacks while bites can cause rashes or more severe reactions such as anaphylaxis, and even depression.
Cat said after reports that pigeon droppings were a contributing factor to an infection that led to a child's death in 2019 in Glasgow, she has been left fearful for her family's health.
It can only result in — let me see if I can make this printable in a family newspaper — bureaucratic equine droppings.
It is also advising that dogs and other pets should be away from any dead or sick birds and that people should not feed wild waterfowl, and they should not touch wild bird feathers or surfaces contaminated with wild bird droppings.
There’s no opportunity for passing birds or critters to leave droppings.
Those unique-looking fruits can be eaten by mammals and birds, allowing this non-native species to easily spread in those animals’ droppings.
Woodland Trust states that an otter has a sweet-smelling spraint (droppings) and a playful nature.
But Gary laments that this only sends the birds into a frenzy, raining down their droppings on everything below.
Earlier this year the kitchen at HMP Pentonville, north London, had to be closed for three months after ‘large numbers of rat droppings’ were found on the floor.
Empty it and refill each evening so it doesn't become putrid with bird droppings or breed mozzies.
I am sorry to see that residents of Great Gonerby are having problems with bird droppings on their cars.
It can spread through entire flocks of domestic birds within a matter of days, through birds' droppings and saliva, or through contaminated feed and water.
Officials visited the property unannounced on August 15 last year and found a live mouse as well as droppings.
Rat droppings were found in a number of places including the rear food preparation and washing up area.
Regularly check trash cans for signs of rodent presence such as gnawing or droppings, and periodically clean trash cans to help discourage feeding.
Sean Piper, from Kent, found the rotting abandoned home full of rubbish, cobwebs and animal droppings.
Common combinations with droppings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- droppings and 11×
- their droppings 11×
- droppings were 8×
- bird droppings 7×
- the droppings 6×
- rat droppings 5×
- pigeon droppings 4×
- droppings on 4×
- droppings in 4×
- droppings of 4×